Directed by:
Věra ChytilováCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaCast:
Jana Janěková, Jana Krausová, Bolek Polívka, David Kraus, Igor Bareš, Martin Hofmann, Jiří Ornest, Kateřina Irmanovová, Barbora Hrzánová, Emma Černá (more)Plots(1)
Hana is a psychologist – an independent woman, one could say emancipated; her husband is unemployed – jealous of his wife – he finds a younger girlfriend who admires him; their teen-age son Honzík is frustrated – nobody spends time with him. Eva is Hana’s client – a successful, attractive, and well-groomed middle-aged woman having problems with her 25-year-old son – she falls head over heels in love with her son’s friend – her son is offended by his mother’s behavior – but even he finally falls in love with the much older Hana – which, in turn, disgusts Hana’s son. Another patient of Hana, millionaire Dub, looks very much like Bolek Polívka – suffers from depression because he can have anything he wants but is bored with it all – he longs for Hana – she rejects him – and on and on… There are many more characters in our story – young and old, poor and rich – visiting Hana’s clinic, they churn out their problems. The film should evoke a feeling of a kaleidoscope of various comical, tragic, and even banal fragments of human existence. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jana Janěková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276018_e13805.jpg)
Jana Janěková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Walking Too Fast (2009)
Bludičky (2010) (TV movie)
![Jana Krausová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268392_3c6ea3.jpg)
Jana Krausová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
![Bolek Polívka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098820_36fd45.jpg)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![David Kraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/031/567/31567823_22adae.jpg)
David Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Obraz Doriana Graye (2010) (theatrical recording)
Women on the Run (2019)
Tribute to Miro Žbirka 70 (2022) (concert)
![Igor Bareš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188644_23d840.jpg)
Igor Bareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Stromy umírají vstoje (1998) (TV movie)
![Martin Hofmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/128/165128106_f4feab.jpg)
Martin Hofmann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
P.F. 77 (2003) (TV movie)
![Jiří Ornest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268233_07a728.jpg)
Jiří Ornest
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Šťastlivec Sulla (1991) (TV movie)
![Kateřina Irmanovová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276240_513488.jpg)
Kateřina Irmanovová
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Pleasant Moments (2006)
![Barbora Hrzánová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270520_e501e6.jpg)
Barbora Hrzánová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdý Budžes (2003) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
![Emma Černá](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271652_7ec94a.jpg)
Emma Černá
Czechoslovakia
![Michal Hofbauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/197/162197821_af6c28.jpg)
Michal Hofbauer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Zelary (2003)
![Igor Chmela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218274_1a9ac7.jpg)
Igor Chmela
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Jana Janěková ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275109_0f4fdb.jpg)
Jana Janěková ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Smrt Hippodamie (2007) (theatrical recording)
![Věra Kubánková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275191_a45718.jpg)
Věra Kubánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Válka vypukne po přestávce (1978) (theatrical recording)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
![Zdeněk Pecháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/575/167575145_hip4sz.jpg)
Zdeněk Pecháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lord of War (2005)
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Why? (1987)
![Anna Polívková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/329/164329224_e5f3c1.jpg)
Anna Polívková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Zločin v Posázavském Pacifiku (2013) (theatrical recording)
![Zora Rozsypalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/462/167462396_a0uqeq.jpg)
Zora Rozsypalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Catherine and Her Children (1970)
The Night Overtake Me (1985)
![Ivan Shvedoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271738_035559.jpg)
Ivan Shvedoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Magdalena Sidonová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277236_e7f99e.jpg)
Magdalena Sidonová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Autumn Spring (2001)
Identity Card (2010)
![Miroslav Šimůnek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/882/166882579_dd7a42.jpg)
Miroslav Šimůnek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Slečna Julie (2005) (TV movie)